Permissions restoring from Time Machine - Finder copy vs "cp" copy
- by Ben Challenor
Note: this question was starting to sprawl so I rewrote it.
I have a folder that I'm trying to restore from a Time Machine backup. Using cp -R works fine, but certain folders cannot be restored with either the Time Machine UI or Finder.
Other users have reported similar errors and the cp -R workaround was suggested (e.g. Restoring from Time…